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Crash Test

February 5, 2013

Early season crashes – not fun! Get your gear updated now! Checklist:

What other bike parts do you need? Stop by the shop to see the new 2013 bikes and get ready for the Spring cycling season.

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5 Training Tips to Get You Through the Holiday Season

December 6, 2012

Healthy Holidays! Holiday parties, shorter days, cooler temps, all temptations pulling us away from time on our bikes. While this time of year poses unique challenges, there are ways to maintain fitness, reduce the holiday stress levels, and prepare for next year’s riding season.

Eat Well: The holidays offer irresistible food temptations adding extra pounds to our waste lines and robbing us of precious energy. Instead of reaching for the holiday goodies, opt to choose your bike nutrition when you need it most- on the bike. Being mindful of your food choices can positively affect your energy levels and help maintain your ability to ride and perform better.
Buddy Up: Shorter days creates less motivation and time to ride. Combat the winter woes by asking a friend to join you for a trainer session. Committing to a time, place, and a friend creates structure and accountability.
Get Visual: Trying something new like a training video or dvd can add a new dimension to your riding schedule keeping it fresh and inspiring you to get on the bike even during the hectic holidays.
Shop Ride: Join us on Sunday mornings at Peak Cycles in Golden, Colorado at 9:00 AM for our shop rides. Nothing is more fun that joining a group of passionate cyclist out for a morning ride.
Relax: If you just can’t find the time or motivation to ride during the holiday season, at least feed your velo passion with pictures of new road bikes , new mountain bikes, and cool bike parts. It will feed your spirit and breathe life into next year’s bike season.

Maintaining a holiday fitness plan doesn’t have be hard. Be flexible, mix it up, and enjoy!

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8 Stocking Stuffer Ideas for Your Favorite Cyclist

November 29, 2012

The Holiday Season is full on and if you have a cyclist or occasional bicycle rider on your Christmas list, it may be difficult to find just the right bike-related gift. But have no fear! We’ll help you blaze through your holiday shopping list and keep the holiday cheer. For starters, we’ll focus on small things — stuff that fits in a stocking.

Tubes: This is one gift you absolutely positively will get used. Make sure you get the right size of tube. If you aren’t sure, stop in the Peaks Cycling Store and ask one of our friendly staff to help you. Or, visit us online at bikeparts.com
A good bottle: Every cyclist has a ton of bottles, but that’s not the same as having good bottles. Buy a good bottle and stuff it with other goodies.
Socks: Did you know cyclist like to wear their cycling socks even when they aren’t riding? Why? Because they are so comfortable. Pick out a pair of socks you like for your cyclist and maybe even get a pair for yourself!
Warmers: We’re talking about head warmers, ear warmers, arm warmers, leg warmers, and shoe covers – all the necessities to keep your favorite cyclist warm and comfortable out on those chilly winter rides. They nice thing about these is that they fit nicely in a holiday stocking in as much as they do a cycling jersey!
Gloves: Here’s another thing that every cyclist already has, but which every cyclist can always use more of.
Bike nutrition – as in Energy bars / gels / chews: Instead of chocolate, fill the stocking (or water bottle) with nutrition, bars, gels, and drinks
your cyclist can use on the bike.
Lube: Every cyclist goes through it and we’ve got tons of it.
A gift for off the bike. Maybe your cyclist would enjoy a pint glass, a poster, or some other bike parts goodie.

Now, for bigger items, are you unsure of what to get? Check out popular mountainbike bike parts and popular road bike parts on our website for gift ideas. Another option? Give a gift that’s easy on the pocket book and light on the bike with PEAK CYCLES BICYCLE CLOSEOUTS!!! With 5-70% off on top products and over 2200 closeout and overstocked items you’ll be sure find a few bicycle components or cycling goodies your favorite cyclist will enjoy!

See how easy it is to purchase bike parts for your favorite cyclist? Happy Holidays!

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How to Create a Bike Friendly Business Culture this Holiday Season

November 8, 2012

Bikes make healthy businesses. Healthy employees, lower healthcare costs, decreased absenteeism, and more productivity — these are the hallmarks of a company that embraces bicycling. There are benefits to bike commuters too – money saved, improved work/ life balance, and a healthier lifestyle. So it’s makes good business sense that more and more companies, large and small, are supporting cyclists in the workplace.

Now that the holidays are underway, what are the best ways to celebrate our two wheeled friends and the ones that ride them?

Create a bike-friendly shopping program. Many aspiring bike riding enthusiast appreciate a shop that offers quality bike components along with solid advice on bike parts and bike apparel. Convenience helps too. Look for a shop that offers online and store front shopping to aid in your cyclist needs. Fortunately, Peak Cycles offers both!

Create bike education programs. Consider offering a bike safety class or participate in a bike maintenance class. All tools aren’t created equal – some are good for mountain bike parts while others are designed for road bike parts. Knowing which tools to use on the appropriate bike components can make all the difference in making bike maintenance easy.

Create a company approved “Go To” list of bike parts. Guidance on approved items makes it easy for cyclist to explore the many benefits of commuting. Take for instance, the employee that shops before or after work. The Burley Urban Trailer System allows you to tow, pull or carry your belongings. Go from the street to the store to the office with a twist of the wrist. Or, provide a repair station with tools, lubrication, and tubes.

Bike commuting is a win-win for both businesses and individuals looking to reduce costs, embrace healthy living, and promote healthy businesses. What is your business doing this Holiday Season to promote a winning bike commuting culture?

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Off to Fruita Mountain States Cup event

April 11, 2008

The BikeParts.com professional racing team is heading to Fruita, Colorado this weekend for the 1st Mountain States Cup Series Event. We will be riding our new Maverick race bikes.

Rabbit Valley, Fruita, CO – The Mountain States Cup, one of the nation’s leading mountain bike race series, kicks off April 12-13 with the Rabbit Valley Rally.
The series opener treats riders to a blistering off-road time trial and a traditional long-loop cross country race.

Stay tuned for race photos, results and team updates.

Event website: http://www.racemsc.com/events/rabbitvalleyrally.html

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BikeParts.com You Tube Channel

April 9, 2008

We have setup a YouTube Channel at http://www.youtube.com/user/bikepartsdotcom to post all of our video. Check it out.

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Youtube!

April 8, 2008

Check out Team bikeparts.com Youtube site for glimpse of a life from a professionally cyclist point of view!

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2008 Maverick Durance race team mountain bikes

April 8, 2008

The new 2008 Maverick Durance bikes are starting to arrive at the shop!

Blue Bikes

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Still Snowing in Golden Colorado

April 8, 2008

Well, Winter Park got another 7″ last night and it snowed in Golden yesterday too… can anyone tell me officially when will spring sprung?

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Team BikeParts.com rider Colin Osborn’s new Maverick race bike

April 2, 2008

Team bikeparts.com Pro Ride, Colin Osborn got his 2008 Maverick DURANCE on Monday! Look for him on the trails in Durango and in the startline at the NORBA Nationals this season!